The Geminid meteor shower lit up the sky Thursday night with hundreds of streaming fireballs.
Cloudy skies and street lights notwithstanding, the most intense meteor of the shower of year could be seen from almost every point on Earth.
In some parts of the world sky watchers braved chilly temperatures during the pre-dawn hours to capture the dazzling shooting stars on camera.
There's another opportunity to view the meteor shower tonight, though it won't be as spectacular.
In case you missed last night's display, we rounded up some beautiful pictures taken by amateur and professional photographers.
Watching from San Francisco, Tony Eckersley saw around 30 meteors over a one-hour period. Eckersley snapped 90 photos and managed to capture 7 meteors, which are featured in this composite shot.
This picture, captured a 1 a.m. on Dec. 14 in Saukeville, Wisconsin, was posted by Twitter user Susan Kim.
At 2:20 a.m. on Dec. 14, Jason Pierce was lucky enough to catch three Geminids in less than a minute over New York City.
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